• Francino Azevedo Filho, Rodrigues Maria Cristina Soares MCS Francino Azevedo Filho is Assistant Professor, State University of Goias, Brazil. Maria Cristina Soares Rodrigues is Associate Profess, and Jeannie P Cimiotti.
• Francino Azevedo Filho is Assistant Professor, State University of Goias, Brazil. Maria Cristina Soares Rodrigues is Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Brazil. Jeannie P. Cimiotti is Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, 1520 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322 (jeannie.p.cimiotti@emory.edu).
• AACN Adv Crit Care. 2019 Jan 1; 30 (1): 16-21.

AbstractJob-related burnout has been reported by intensive care nurses worldwide; this study was performed to examine burnout in intensive care unit bedside nurses and nurse technicians in Brazil. A cross-sectional survey that included the Practice Environment Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory was completed by 209 nurses and nurse technicians working in 4 Brazilian intensive care units in 3 teaching hospitals. Compared with nurse technicians, nurses reported higher levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and a lower level of personal accomplishment. A 1-unit increase in the quality of nurse practice environment was associated with a decrease in high levels of emotional exhaustion and low levels of personal accomplishment. Each additional patient added to a nurse's workload was associated with an increase in high emotional exhaustion and low personal accomplishment. Approximately one-third of Brazilian nurses working in intensive care units report job-related burnout; the practice environment and staffing appear to be contributing factors.©2019 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

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